LONDON - Alastair Cook celebrated his first morning as England's Test captain with an unbeaten fifty as the tourists moved to 104 for one at lunch on day one of the first Test against Bangladesh. After being surprisingly inserted by Shakib Al Hasan, Cook was in assured form from the off and ended...

LONDON - After three tours of duty with England, James Tredwell finally got the chance to take centre-stage on Sunday - but he predicted the out-of-form Kevin Pietersen would soon be regaining the spotlight. Tredwell travelled to New Zealand with the one-day squad in 2007/08 and was summoned to...

LONDON - Craig Kieswetter scored a maiden international century for England in the third one-day international against Bangladesh, anchoring their 284 for five with 107 on only his third outing. While his innings was not quite full of the fearless strokeplay that belatedly won him a place on the...

DHAKA - Eoin Morgan produced a century of consummate class to prevent England slipping to a first ever defeat against Bangladesh and clinch the one-day international series in the process. Bangladesh had apparently bowled themselves into a winning position as they sought a full set of scalps among...

LONDON - The MCC have confirmed it has explored the possibility of joining a consortium looking to buy an IPL franchise. The club, based at Lord's, has held talks with a group of investors who are interested in buying one of the two franchises up for grabs. MCC chief executive Keith Bradshaw and...

DELHI - The Indian Premier League has countered a threat from the Deccan Chargers to withdraw from the 2010 season by allowing the tournament's reigning champions to play two games in Cuttack. The IPL had earlier decided that Hyderabad - the Chargers' home city - would not host any games this...

LONDON - The England and Wales Cricket Board has expressed its concern that county teams will be unable to compete at this year's Champions League due to a mooted change of dates for the Twenty20 tournament. The Champions League governing council met yesterday in Dubai with the ECB believing a...

SYDNEY - Australia legend Shane Warne has accused Andrew Strauss of disrespecting Test cricket by resting for the tour of Bangladesh - and he has tipped Michael Carberry to take full advantage. Warne believes appointing Alastair Cook as skipper for the Test matches in Chittagong and Mirpur next...

SYDNEY - West Indies have suffered a huge blow ahead of their five-match one-day series against Australia as all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has been ruled out due to a thumb injury. Bravo, who will also miss both Twenty20 internationals against the Aussies, has failed to recover sufficiently from the...

LONDON - The England and Wales Cricket Board have begun the search for a new fast bowling coach following the departure of Ottis Gibson. Gibson yesterday left the role he has held since 2007 to take over as head coach of the West Indies. The ECB yesterday afternoon issued statement confirming...